Exploring the idea of home related to the experiences of people living in the Gulf and the UK at a time of rapid change and social mobility.

Stories

27 May 2021
The Place I Call Home at Madina Art Center
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01 September 2020
Photowalk in Al-Balad, Jeddah.

Video from the Photowalk in Al-Balad, Jeddah, which was shot and edited by Razan Fayad for Dar Al-Hekma University Visual Communications faculty.

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12 August 2020
The Story of The Place I Call Home

David Drake, Curator, tells the story of The Place I Call Home project and its two year journey from inception to being presented in ten venues in seven countries.

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08 June 2020
The Place I Call Home Reopens in UAE

Ffotogallery is delighted to announce that our touring exhibition The Place I Call Home has re-opened to the public at the Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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15 April 2020
Photography Competition - #tpich_uae

Join our photo-based competition, part of the online programming around the exhibition “The Place I Call Home” (TPICH) running from 7 March – 31 May 2020 at Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in which you can tell us through your own photographs what the place you call home looks like.

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15 April 2020
Maraya Art Centre - Artists Film

Our partners at Maraya Art Centre have produced this film in which you can find out more about the project as a whole, as well as meet some of the artists and listen to them talk about their work and their ideas of home.

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15 April 2020
Maraya Art Centre – 360° Virtual Tour

Following local guidelines regarding the current coronavirus crisis, the exhibition at Maraya Arts Centre is now closed to the public. In order to make the show accessible online, our partners in Sharjah have produced an online 360° virtual walkthrough so now you can visit from the comfort of your own home.

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15 April 2020
The Place I Call Home Legacy Publication

To mark the end of the project, Ffotogallery has produced a legacy catalogue for The Place I Call Home, bringing together in a single volume content from the seven individual publications which have been distributed free to exhibition visitors, partners, participating artists and young people.

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08 April 2020
Project Update from the Curator

In terms of physical exhibitions, The Place I Call Home project is now over. The evaluation and dissemination of the project content and stories will continue, despite the current global crisis.

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28 February 2020
The Place I Call Home - Edinburgh Launch Party

Highlights from the exhibition launch event at Summerhall in Edinburgh, on Thursday 20 February.
Film by Adam Harper.

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21 January 2020
Photo Walk - Bahrain

Film by Noor Hassan.

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18 January 2020
Public Talk about the Project - Bahrain

Film by Rawan Al-Saati.

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17 January 2020
Public Talk about the Project - Bahrain

Film by Noor Hassan.

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16 January 2020
Exhibition Preview - Bahrain

Film by Noor Hassan.

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14 January 2020
Installing The Place I Call Home in Bahrain

Preparations are in full swing for our exhibition opening tomorrow, 15th January, from 7pm at the Art Centre, Bahrain National Museum. Thanks to our creative intern Noor Hassan for putting together this video footage.

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09 January 2020
Video: Ben Soedira

Glasgow based artist Ben Soedira was born and raised in Dubai, and his work is a reflection of the ever-changing city and its relationship to the shifting sands of the desert that surrounds it.

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07 January 2020
Video: Gillian Robertson

Scottish born photographer Gillian Robertson talks about what working on the project has enabled her to accomplish, meeting new people and building new relationships within the multicultural community of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.

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06 January 2020
Video: Moath Alofi

Born in Madina, Saudi Arabia, Moath Alofi is a photographer, explorer and heritage researcher.

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03 January 2020
Video: Josh Adam Jones

UK-based photographer Josh Adam Jones photographs FMR Captain Abdulrauf, who talks about his experiences and what makes Oman his home.

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02 January 2020
Video: Mohammed Al-Kouh

Kuwaiti artist Mohammed Al Kouh talks briefly about his practice working with film and what 'home' means to him.

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08 October 2019
Graphic Design Students and the Places They Call Home

On the morning of October 3, 2019, the photography students of the American University of Kuwait visited The American Cultural Centre at Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah to attend a private tour and workshop of the photography exhibition, The Place I Call Home.

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02 October 2019
Exhibition Launch of The Place I Call Home in Kuwait.

Take a look inside the second instalment of The Place I Call Home exhibition, at the opening event in Kuwait. Film by Hamad AlSaeed.

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21 July 2019
#everydaygulf

To coincide with The Place I Call Home, we have launched a brand new platform called everydaygulf.org.

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21 July 2019
The Place I Call Home - Curatorial Introduction

Feeling ‘at home’ in a place embodies many things - a sense of belonging, familiarity, acceptance, independence, security and prospects.

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